The Woodward is named in memory of William Woodward, Sr. who was chairman of the Jockey Club from 1930 to 1950 and whose Belair Stud colors were carried to victory by father-son Triple Crown winners Gallant Fox and Omaha and champions such as Nashrullah, Nashua, Granville and Johnstown. Horses bred by Belair won every major stakes in America as well as the Epsom Oaks, St. Leger Stakes, and 1000 Guineas in Britain. The Woodward, run through the years as a handicap, a weight-for-age event and an allowance stakes, was inaugurated in 1954 at Belmont Park and also was run several times at Aqueduct before being moved to Saratoga with the expansion of the meet to include Labor Day in 2006. Spectacular Bid’s victory in 1980 was the first American walkover since Calumet Farm's Coaltown won the 1949 running of the Edward Burke Handicap at Havre de Grace, Maryland.
$400,000.00 1 1/8 (Dirt) Grade:II
Year
Horse
Age
Weight
Time
Owner
Trainer
Jockey
Value
2024
Tapit Trice
4
124
1:50.09
Whisper Hill Farm, LLC and Gainesway Stable (Antony Beck)
Todd A. Pletcher
Dylan Davis
$220,000
2023
Zandon
4
122
1:48.48
Jeff Drown
Chad C. Brown
Flavien Prat
$220,000
2022
Life Is Good
4
126
1:49.57
CHC Inc. & WinStar Farm LLC
Todd A. Pletcher
Irad Ortiz, Jr.
$275,000
2021
Art Collector
4
124
1:49.22
Bruce Lunsford
William I. Mott
Luis Saez
$275,000
2020
Global Campaign
4
122
2:01.40
Sagamore Farm LLC and WinStar Farm LLC
Stanley M. Hough
Luis Saez
$275,000
2019
Preservationist
6
120
1:48.11
Centennial Farms
James A. Jerkens
Junior Alvarado
$412,500
2018
Yoshida
4
122
1:48.94
WinStar Farm, China Horse Club International Ltd, Head of Plains Partners LLC, SF Racing LLC
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